| Toy Analysis Bank |
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| Name of Toy or Game |
Positive Attributes of the Toy |
Negative Attributes of the Toy |
Problem Solving Ideas to Improve the Toy |
| Lego |
take them apart/put together |
small pieces that could be swallowed- tailor our audiences |
different size Legos for age groups |
| make all sorts of things |
hard to unsnap |
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| use creativity and imagination |
lose pieces easily |
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| design booklet |
some are very pricey |
make less expensive |
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| doesn't break easily |
little kids can choke on pieces. |
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| many different pieces to build with |
lego sets can get boring after building, taking apart, building, etc. so to keep doing new things you need to get more lego sets. |
making sets that have several things to build |
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| is great for creativity |
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| wide variety of lego sets. |
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| Wowwee Joebot |
talks |
amount of TV time (screen time) for kids- if kids choose to use with the TV |
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| moves smoothly |
uses 6 AA batteries ( battery life) |
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| sense obstacles |
fragile- wires |
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| voice commands |
price tag- $80.00 |
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| joystick commands (or a basic tv remote) |
not a large target audience- age and gender limited |
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| comical |
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| interactive |
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| Hot Wheels Color Shifters |
put in cold water- change the color or its hue |
target audience can not be for preschool or babies because of size- limited target audience |
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| put in warm water- changes back to the color |
hard to get- availability |
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| can possibly be two types of cars in one- race car and police car |
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| unlikely to fall apart |
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| cheap- 2 for $ 3.00 ( one matchbox car cost $2.50) |
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| Dragonalogy |
lasts long. |
hard to set up, to put away, big board. |
make game smaller |
| takes focus and memory |
lots of small pieces, young kids can choke on pieces |
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| complex, always something new. |
so long to set up, time consuming |
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| very complex, hard to learn |
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| Life |
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| battleship |
because its competitive |
it can be extremely frustrating if you can't find the location of the ship |
the other person could give you a small hint and try to not give the locations away of their battleships |
| it is a game of chance |
too easy to cheat |
use tech. to make it harder to cheat |
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| medium time consumption |
too easy to lose pieces |
make it electronic |
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| doesn't requieraer batteriesesse |
two players |
add more fleets of ships to be on one team |
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| easy to set up |
unrealistic |
add move tech add more moves and make it a bit more strategic |